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The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis star in this tale of modern greed, lust corporate corruption and vanity is America.

Program data

Duration:
120

Production Year:
1990

MBC Max:

August 15, 201418:00 (KSA) ~
August 15, 201417:00 (CLT)

Bonfire of
the Vanity puts fuel on an already burning fire pit, the fire of money
worshiping, greed and corruption. The story is an adaptation of the #1
bestseller book by Tom Wolf, directed by veteran Filmmaker Brian De Palma, and
stars some of the finest actors of their generation. The story line focuses on
Financial “Master of the Universe” Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) following an
accident implicating his mistress Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith) while she was
driving his car, which resulted in the death of a little black boy. Then came a
barrage of sensationalist tabloids, aiming to tannish his reputation,
distorting the truth and public opinion like only the media can do.
Unfortunately the tabloids seem to have created a wave that soon many
opportunists will try to ride in order to take advantage of someone’s bad luck.
This is a story of Greed, deception and corporate corruption, a micro portrait
of a society slowly drowning in the shadow of its dreams, disguised as a
dramatic Comedy, and sparkled with funny comedic moments to alleviate the heavy
issues the film is dealing with.